2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,952 people earned their degree in adult health nurse/nursing, making the major the 308th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 106 adult health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 adult health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent adult health nurse/nursing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the adult health nurse/nursing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The adult health nursing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult Health Nurse/Nursing in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 doctorate’s adult health nursing degrees to qualified students.

Iowa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Adult Health Nurse/Nursing at Iowa

#1

Winona State University

Winona, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$12,378 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Winona State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Winona, Minnesota, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s adult health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Winona State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Winona State are $12,378.

Read full report on Adult Health Nurse/Nursing at Winona State University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult Health Nurse/Nursing

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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